Rancho Cañada de Guadalupe la Visitación y Rodeo Viejo (also called Ridley's Rancho) was a

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in present-day

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, and

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given in 1841 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Jacob P. Leese. The rancho included three valleys: Cañada de Guadalupe, La Visitacion, and Rodeo Viejo. Rancho contained most of the present-day

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, the city of

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, Guadalupe Valley, and

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History

Jacob Primer Leese (1809–1892), a trader from Ohio, married María Rosalia Vallejo, sister of General

Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Don Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (July 4, 1807 – January 18, 1890) was a Californio general, statesman, and public figure. He was born a subject of Spain, performed his military duties as an officer of the Republic of Mexico, and shaped the tran ...

, in 1837. Lesse, who first came to California in 1833, took possession of the land grant entitled Rancho Cañada de Guadalupe la Visitacion y Rodeo Viejo in 1838, three years before he received the official title to the land. Around the year 1843, Lesse traded his two-league grant to Robert T. Ridley (1818-1851) for the three-league

Rancho Collayomi Rancho Collayomi (also called Rancho Callayomi) was a Mexican land grant in present-day Lake County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Robert T. Ridley. Rancho Collayomi was one of three land grants (along with Ra ...

in Lake County. Ridley was an English sailor who was captain of the

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and had married Presentación Briones. Ridley never lived on the property nor developed it to any extent. Ridley died in 1851, and the land was sold at a sheriff's auction, with 700 acres (3 km2) going to Robert E. Eaton and the rest to Alfred Wheeler. Alfred Wheeler (1822–1903) was a prominent San Francisco land title lawyer. With the

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of California to the United States following the

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, the 1848

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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, claims for Cañada de Guadalupe, la Visitación y Rodeo Viejo were filed in 1852 and 1853. In 1865, of the grant were patented to Henry R. Payson. This tract was soon subdivided, with the Visitacion Land Company acquiring the largest portion. Another claim for of the grant were patented to William Pierce. Claims by Presentación Ridley were dismissed. Central Pacific railroad magnate and banker

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acquired of the Rancho in 1884 and another the following year. Crocker died in 1888, and the land became an asset of the Crocker Land Co. and then the Foremost McKesson Co.San Bruno Mountain
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References

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